Yes the year reads right! 1921. I have a great love silent film and I am over-joyed to be watching a fully restored version of this great ghost film from Sweden. It is now on Blu Ray and looks amazing. It employs similar tinting as the crime serial Les Vampires (1915-1916) did in regards to night time sequences, great blue tints! Includes yellow tints for domestic situations not seen in most previous feature length films. Nosferatu, which came out a year later, included that--along with a reddish tint not found in many early feature silents--it was, after all, a vampire film! Although the Blu Ray looks great, not happy with the soundtrack from Kino. This is a horror film. The soundtrack for their blu ray in no way reflects that. I think this is a situation where one might need to create a soundtrack; like, for example, a strange Brian Eno Scape. It's a ghost story set on New Year's Eve, where the last person to die with great sin has to man the "phantom carriage" for the next year, acting as the grim reaper, collecting the souls of all the dead (including drowned fishermen). The original Swedish title cards are preserved with a great deal of love though. Overall a winner on Blu Ray.
Reblogged on my Silent blog site.
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